14 Types of Stories You Can Tell on Your Blog

We all know storytelling is one of the key aspects of successful blogging. If you can weave a story around your words, no matter what your niche or topic, it is more likely to entertain your readers and resonate with them.

Even if you think you aren’t much of a writer or storyteller, you can still find one of these story types discussed today that will be useful and relevant for your blog – following on from Episode 80 of the ProBlogger podcast where I discuss what to say when you’ve got nothing left to say, hopefully these should give you some ideas on how to craft your words so you can stand out as a unique and interesting blogger.

In this episode I discuss these story types and how to get the best out of them (with examples!)

Personal discovery stories

Analogies and illustrations

Success stories

Failure stories

Someone else’s story

“How I Did It” stories

Biographies

Picture stories

Case studies

Fiction

Reader stories

Collection stories

“Imagine if” stories

Then go forth and shake up your usual writing routine with the age-old tradition of sharing stories for connection. Let me know how you go – does this kind of writing come naturally to you? Or is it out of your usual style?

Nice post and podcast. Its really very informative. I am curious to know that apart from sharing stories on blogs what about doing an Interview with other professional bloggers and post in your blog to inspire and motivate others?

I think people engage with you more when you tell a story. This doesn’t just apply to blogging, but in real life as well. People want to hear and read about other people’s views and experiences and see if they can relate to the story or not.

There is nothing I hate more than trying to find information on the web only to have a page crammed full of nonsense just so the writer can get their ‘minimum’ 500 words.